[ars]

This simply isn't true for most people. If a normal person rolls over on something they will feel it and wake up.

Do you typically fall off the bed? No? Why not? It's because you retain awareness while you sleep.

People who should not cosleep include people on medications, extremely heavy sleepers, sleepwalkers, and the very overweight.

For most people it's just fine. You go to sleep knowing "there is a baby here" and you will be aware of that all night.

[lfowles]

>For most people it's just fine. You go to sleep knowing "there is a baby here" and you will be aware of that all night.

Hmm. I go to sleep knowing "my wife is there" and I've still elbowed her in the face countless times accidentally.

[eggy]

My ex and I had friends, and the wife always complained of her nose's appearance, but said she would never get a nose job.

We didn't hear from them for two weeks once, and when we saw her next, she had her nose all in white gauze and tape.

They said she tried to wake the husband and he hit her square on the nose, and since it was broke, they went for the rhinoplasty!

I hope they never read this :)

I'm not sure about their story, but I believe you! I know there are some people who are more physical sleepers. I don't think it is most people.

[eggy]

That's why I made the remark about drugs, alcohol or hypermobile sleepers. My current wife, myself and my ex-wife never had an issue before babies, during and after.

[lfowles]

It's actually not something I do while _asleep_, but when groggy. If I wake up in the middle of the night and decide I want to sleep on my side now, my sense of spatial awareness is pretty poor. I believe people can get by without issues, just thought I would pop in with an amusing anecdote :)